The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܫܕܪ | and | Καὶ | and | |||||
απεστειλενP75 | He sent | ἀπέστειλεν | He sent | απεστειλεν | | | misit | misit | He sent | ܐܢܘܢ | He sent | ἀπέστειλεν | He sent | |||||
αὐτοὺςP75 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | illos | them | — | — | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
κηρύσσεινP75 | to proclaim | κηρύσσειν | to proclaim | κηρυσσειν | | | — | prædicare | to proclaim | ܠܡܟܪܙܘ | to proclaim | κηρύσσειν | to proclaim | |||||
τὴνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
βασιλείανP75 | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | βασιλειαν | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | ܡܠܟܘܬܗ | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | |||||
τοῦP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θεοῦP75 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | |||||
καὶP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ἰᾶσθαιP75 | to heal | ἰᾶσθαι | to heal | ϊασθαι | | | sanare | sanare | to heal | ܘܠܡܐܤܝܘ | to heal | ἰᾶσθαι | to heal | |||||
τοὺςP75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | praedicare | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
ἀσθενεῖς.P75 | sick. | ἀσθενεῖς. | sick. | ασθενεις | | | infirmos | infirmos | sick. | ܟܪܝܗܐ | sick. | ἀσθενοῦντας | sick. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 9:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||